pferguson | October 17, 2018
Two French Memorial Sites of the Great War Several years ago, in company with an English friend, we were driven to several sites of conflict and memory. From place to place there was much to absorb and all the while I felt, Would I ever be able to find my way around these places? Time […]
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Tags: Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC), Corps Expéditionnaire d'Orient, Film History, French Army, French Colonial African Troops, Gallipoli, Jacques Cordonnier, Louis Marie Cordonnier, Memorial Architecture, Notre Dame de Lorette, Ossuary, Peter Weir, The Great War for Civilization, The War to End All Wars
pferguson | April 21, 2017
The Australian Coronation Contingent Eighty years ago an Australian contingent of 100 soldiers, 25 sailors and 25 airmen traveled to the United Kingdom for the Coronation of King George VI, 12 May 1937. One of the contingent’s tasks was to return the remains of British soldier, Arthur Evans VC who died in Sydney Australia 1 […]
Category: Snapshots of the Great War |
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Tags: 25 April 1937, ANZAC Day (25 April), Arthur Evans (AKA Walter Simpson), Arthur Percival Sullivan VC, Arthur Percival Sullivan VC Plaque, Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC), Australian Coronation Contingent, Canon P.E. James, Coronation, Distinguished Conduct Medal, General Sir Ian Hamilton, General Sir William Birdwood, King George VI, London (England), Remembrance, St. Paul's ANZAC Day Commemorative Service, St. Paul's Cathedral, The Cenotaph (Whitehall), Victoria Cross, Wellington Barracks